On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 11:15:43PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Journaling uses significantly more disk space and does not allow for deleted > > file recovery. > > Neither is true. I believe you're confusing log-structured file systems > and journalled file systems. > > > ext2 - for backup, removable, partitions rarely used, etc. > > ext2 is problematic for removable drives because if you remove the drive > without cleanly unmounting it you risk losing your data. So I would > recommend ext3 for such uses. Performance is rarely an issue, actually.
Not unless you enable data journaling as well. And even then: not completely. The guarantee you have is that the file system will remain in a consistant state. Not that all the data will be written. -- Tzafrir Cohen | [email protected] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [email protected] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
